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Name Service Switch

Known as: NSS, Nsswitch.conf, Passwd (database) 
The Name Service Switch (NSS) is a facility in Unix-like operating systems that provides a variety of sources for common configuration databases and… (More)
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2017
2017
Towards tackling privacy disclosure issues in Domain Name Service
Serving as the global Internet's phonebook, the Domain Name Service (DNS) helps to translate human-friendly domain names into… (More)
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2011
2011
Automatic and independent Domain Name Service Configuration Management
In this paper we propose an Automated and Distributed Network Service Configuration Management subsystem that, using independent… (More)
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2010
2010
Towards automatic and independent internet services configuration
Contemporary network management frameworks have limited high-level functionalities. This makes administrator's manual… (More)
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2010
2010
Provisioning Authentication , Authorization , and Administration Services in Cloud and Enterprise Environments
Authentication, authorization, and administration are critical components in secure internet computing. This paper presents a… (More)
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2003
2003
Defending Against Denial of Service Attacks Using Secure Name Resolution
This paper addresses the problem of DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. The technique proposed in this makes DoS attacks difficult… (More)
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2003
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2003
Modeling Performance as an Aspect : a UML Based Approach
Non-functional properties, key criteria in determining the success of a software system, need to be addressed early in the… (More)
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2002
2002
Internet network services management framework
This document presents a new approach to Internet Network Management without changing the basic rules of the interface and… (More)
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1998
1998
Storing and Retrieving Internet Certificates
Effective storing, retrieval and interpretation of certificate chains is a difficult problem. The original X.500 and X.509… (More)
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1997
1997
Etag: "323b5e-503a-322b5d54" Accept-ranges: Bytes Content-length: 20538 Connection: Close Content-type: Text/plain Ids Working Group
Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other… (More)
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1997
1997
INTERNET-DRAFT May 1996 directly to the authors
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